Word by Word Definitions

: a usually wooden implement used for hitting the ball in various games

: to strike or hit with or as if with a bat

: to advance (a base runner) by batting

: to have a batting average of

: any of a widely distributed order (Chiroptera) of nocturnal usually frugivorous or insectivorous flying mammals that have wings formed from four elongated digits of the forelimb covered by a cutaneous membrane and that have adequate visual capabilities but often rely on echolocation